Yue Jiang

Yue Jiang is an Assistant Professor of the Practice of Statistical Science and QuadEx Faculty Fellow at Duke University. His applied research collaborations broadly deal with health outcomes research in gastroenterology and hepatology, particularly among inflammatory bowel disease patients, cirrhosis patients, and in solid organ transplant, and methodological research focusing on developing effect size measures for mediation analysis in complex data settings. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Liver Transplantation, and additionally provides statistical support to three large, multi-site longitudinal cohort studies of IBD patients.

Yue is passionate about statistical education and quantitative literacy and often mentors undergraduate students in research projects; students he has taught or mentored frequently win nationally-competitive statistics paper competitions. He is particularly interested in the formal teaching and incorporation of formal peer review in undergraduate statistics education, and is the 2021-2022 recipient of the Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award, a student-selected and student-nominated award that honors excellence in teaching and advising of undergraduate students. Finally, Yue is Co-Director of the Medical Statistics module for third year medical students at Duke University Medical Center and co-wrote the case-study-based curriculum alongside clinical partners